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Join us for a special luncheon with Rep. Spencer Bachus and Carla Crowder at The Club - don't miss out!Luncheon Details:
Shepherds Fold’s 4th Annual Luncheon featuring esteemed guests Rep. Spencer Bachus and Carla Crowder, Executive Director of Alabama Appleseed. Attendees will enjoy a delightful sit-down meal amidst the stunning vistas of Birmingham's Grand Ballroom at The Club on Friday, October 10, 2024, at 12:00pm- 1:30pm .
Check-In begins at 11:30am, event officially starts at 12:00pm.
I f you prefer to mail a check, make check payable to Shepherds Fold and send to:
Shepherds Fold
ATTN: Annual Luncheon
507 Whitmore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35221
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Learn more about Rep. Spencer Bachus:
Spencer Bachus is a former Republican U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th Congressional District, serving from 1993 to 2015. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on December 28, 1947. He graduated from Auburn University in 1969, joined the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, and served in the Alabama National Guard from 1969 to 1971 during the Vietnam War. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alabama Law School in 1972, and owned a sawmill before entering politics.
Bachus began his political career in the Alabama State Senate in 1983, then the Alabama House of Representatives from 1984 to 1987. He is a lead advocate of bipartisan debt relief legislation, which led to improvements in health and education, and reduced world hunger. He has also served as a member of the Congressional Advisory Committee, Faith and Politics Institute, and honorary co-chair of the Bread Rising Committee.
Bachus has also worked to authorize a Congressional Gold Medal to honor the "Four Little Girls" who died in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church during the civil rights movement era. He has also co-hosted an annual Civil Rights pilgrimage to Alabama with Congressman John Lewis, visiting Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham.
Learn more about Carla Crowder:
Carla Crowder is the Executive Director of Alabama Appleseed, where she serves as the organization’s chief strategic officer and voice for its mission, vision, values, and programs.
A native Alabamian and graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Carla brings more than 30 years of experience, both as a journalist and attorney, in public policy research, advocacy, and litigation. As a civil rights lawyer for the last decade, she has challenged mass incarceration and excessive punishment in Alabama and won release for six men originally sentenced to die in prison.
Carla leads Appleseed’s reform agenda centered at the intersection of poverty and the criminal justice system. She is a frequent speaker on the human rights crisis in Alabama prisons and has contributed to statewide and national publications on the topic.
Prior to joining Appleseed, she served as Program and Policy Director at The Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham and was a staff attorney at the Equal Justice Initiative. Carla’s work as a newspaper reporter earned multiple awards including the Thurgood Marshall Award from the Death Penalty Information Center. She has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
A native of Florence, Alabama, Carla earned a B.A. in English and History from Huntingdon College in Montgomery. In 2009, she earned a J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law with a certificate in Public Interest Law.
Learn more about Shepherds Fold :
For more information on Shepherds Fold, visit www.shepherdsfold.org or call 205-780-6211.
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1 Robert S Smith Drive,Birmingham,35209,US, United States
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